I bagged it up every time I checked Magic’s oil!”
Jud Heathcote –
College basketball coach, Spartan, Big Ten big shot.
May 27, 1927 – August 28, 2017.
Aged 90 years.
Most recognized for: Yet another NCAA coach to go tits up this week, Jud’s big year of coaching at Michigan State was 1979. That was when he guided a sophomore named Magic Johnson – along with a nameless-by-comparison squad of Spartans – to an NCAA championship by defeating a Larry Bird-led pack of hoosiers.
